Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-05-08

tinguished this morning by a heavy
rain fall. None of the large hotels or
boarding houses were injured last
night, through several narrowly es-
capped destruction.
A Police Officer starts q Lottery
Business.
New YORK, May Police Super
intendent Murray vas dumbfounded
when a few days ago he learned that
in a business house in the lower part
of Broadway, a policeman in full uni
form had set up a lottery and policy
business of his own, and was selling
tickets. Detectives were put upon the
case, and found the story true. The
policeman's name is Morris Colbert,
and he is assigned to the post of the
Mercantile Building, and thought he
could increase his income somewhat
by selling Louisiana lottery tickets and
policy gigs. Colbert was arrested this
morning and taken to the police head
quarters, where superintendent Muir
raw cut off his brass buttons and tore
off his stripes. He was then locked
up.
Execution of Theodore Baker.
DENVER, Col, May AT Los We
gas, N. NJ, Theodore Baker was
hanged in the Jail yard yesterday
afternoon in the presence of go per-
o for the murder OF Frank Unruh,
near Ration, N. NJ, OH December IA,
1885. On the scaffold he was per-
fectly calm and collected, protesting
his innocence to the last. After the
black cap was put over his face he
said: Gentlemen-"I am sorry it
ends thus" Then addressing the
Sheriff, he added: "Let her 60"
The trap was sprung seven minutes to
four, and he died without a struggle.
The pulse ceased to beat precisely at
four.
FOtherinGham Commences Suit for
100000.
ST. LOUIS, May 7.-Fotheringham,
the Adams Express messenger who
was charged with completely in the rob-
berry on the Frisco line last October.
and whose prosecution was thrown
out of the Criminal Court on a tech
nicality a few days ago, filed a suit
this afternoon against the Adams Ex-
press Company, Superintendent Dam
sci and detective Pinkerton, asking
damages in the sum of 500, 900, $780,
900 of which is claimed for false i'm
prisonment, and SAC, 900 each for his
indictment and prosecution.
A Bell Telephone Suit.
OTTAWA, Ont, May THE famous
suit of Wright VS.. the Bell Telephone
Company of Canada, for the cancella-
ton of the Edison patents, owned by.
the latter, which would give the petit
TONERS power to manufacture a COM
mercial instrument in Canada, was
dismissed this morning, with a judg-
ment to the effect that the importation
OF the commercial instruments was
not an importation Of any OF the Edi-
son inventions.
The Queen Visits the Treasury De.
partment.
WASHINGTON, May Queen Kap-
iolani visited the Treasury Depart
ment this morning, escorted through
the building by Secretary Fairchilds.
She was particularly interested in the
administration of the life saving serv-
ice, and she desires to introducethe sys-
tenn into her kingdom. The Queen will
leave Washington this afternoon for
Boston.
Execution OF Henry Anderson.
SoCoRRo, N. M, May 7.-Henry
Anderson, colored, was executed yes
terday for the murder of Alonzo
Williams, on June 81, 1885. On that
day Anderson quarreled with Will
Jams, also colored, and shot him dead.
An Anarchist Sentenced.
MILWAUKEE, May Paul Croft
kean, the Anarchist, was sentenced to
one year at hard labor in the House of
Correction for making incendiary
speeches last May.
A Vote for U. 3. Senator.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla, May THE Leg
islature in joint session voted for
United States Senator, with the fol-
lowing result: Perry, %; Pasco, IL
Bloxham, "a; Goodrich (Rep.), IA.
The Government to be Asked for
Relief.
OTTAWA, Ont, May THE Govern
ment will be asked by the members
from British Columbia for a grant
towards relieving the families Of the
miners killed at Nanaimo, B. G..
Death OF an Indian Chief.
LocKPoRT, N. Y. May John
Mount Pleasant, Chief of the Tusca-
rora Indians, died yesterday afternoon
at the age of II years. He was chosen
Chief when only IL years old.
Signed the Half Holiday Bill.
ALBANY, May 7.-Governor Hill to-
day signed the bill making Saturday
q half holiday throughout the State.
1t goes into effect the 2ist instsnt.
Capital Punishment Defeated.
LANSING, Mich, May THE bill